Anyone who has dealt with kids knows they can become a bit fixated. It could be their favorite toy, their favorite favorite show, their favorite animal, but they just won’t stop talking about it. Take advantage of that passion and use it to motivate your baby to read. What do you read to your baby who is obsessed with construction vehicles? Dinosaurs? Fire Engines?
Here’s a starter list:
AIRPLANES:
Airplane Flight!: A Lift-the-Flap Adventure, Susanna Leonard Hill, Ana Martín Larrañaga (illus.). Planes, Byron Barton. Everything Goes: In the Air, Brian Biggs.
BOATS:
Boats, Byron Barton. Toot and Pop, Sebastien Braun. Busy Boats, Susan Steggall. Busy Boats, Tony Mitton and Ant Parker.
BOXES:
A Big Box for Ben, Deborah Bruss, Tomek Bogacki (illus.). The Birthday Box, Leslie Patricelli.
BUGS:
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!, Bob Barner. I Like Bugs: A Touch and Feel Board Book, Lorena Siminovich. The Very Quiet Cricket, Eric Carle.
CARS:
Beep, Beep, Peter Horáček. My Car, Byron Barton.
CATS:
There are Cats in this Book, Viviane Schwarz. Cookie’s Week, Cindy Ward, Tomie dePaola (illus.).
CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES:
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (illus.). Digger Man, Andrea Zimmerman & David Clemesha. Road Work, Sally Sutton, Brian Lovelock (illus.).
DINOSAURS:
Dinosaur Roar!, Paul and Henrietta Stickland. Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! Sandra Boynton. Dinosaur vs. Bedtime, Bob Shea.
DOGS:
DOGS: Doggies, Sandra Boynton. Busy Doggies!: A Busy Animals Book, John Schindel, Beverly Sparks (photos). Walk the Dog: A Parade of Pooches from A to Z, Bob Barner.
FIRE ENGINES:
Fire Truck, Peter Sís. Maisy’s Fire Engine: A Maisy Shaped Board Book, Lucy Cousins. Fire Engines, Anne Rockwell.
FISH & SEA LIFE:
Hooray for Fish!, Lucy Cousins. Ten Little Fish, Audrey Wood, Bruce Wood (illus.). I’m The Biggest Thing in the Ocean, Kevin Sherry. Deep Sea Dive: Lift-the-Flap Adventures, Salina Yoon. Baby Beluga, Raffi, Ashley Wolff (illus.).
MOON:
Moon Plane, Peter McCarty. Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, Eric Carle.
SHOES:
Whose Shoe?: A Shoe for Every Job, Stephen R. Swinburne. Baby Shoes, Dashka Slater, Hiroe Nakata (illus.).
TRAINS:
I Love Trains!, Philemon Sturges, Shari Halpern (illus.). Train Man, Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha. Trains, Byron Barton. My Train Book (Smithsonian), Ellen Jacob, Jeff Chandler, and Louise Jacob. All Aboard!: A True Train Story, Susan Kuklin. Trains Go, Steve Light.
TRUCKS:
Tough Trucks, Tony Mitton, Ant Parker (illus.). The Construction Crew, Lynn Meltzer, Carrie Eko-Burgess (illus.). Trucks, Byron Barton. Trucks Go, Steve Light. Little Blue Truck, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (illus.).
